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Category Archives: Temptation
A Story About the Value of Waiting Just a Little Bit Longer
In his booklet When Everything Goes Wrong, Adrian Rogers tells the story of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Solzhenitsyn, who was a Christian, was a Russian writer who was an outspoken critic of communism and the Soviet Union. In February of 1945, he was … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Choices, Conviction, Decisions, Depression, Faith, God's Timing, God's Foreknowledge, God's Guidance, God's Will, Impatience, Patience, Problems, Suffering, Suicide, Temptation, Trials, Trusting In God, Waiting
Tagged Adrian Rogers, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, communism, gulag, history, imprisonment in a gulag, russia, When Everything Goes Wrong booklet
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Everyday Evidences of Adam & Eve’s Fall (post #2)
After God had spoken His words of judgment against the serpent and Satan, He turned His attention to Eve. Even though she had been legitimately deceived by Satan (2 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Timothy 2:14), she still had to suffer the … Continue reading
Posted in Anger, Bible Study, Children, Choices, Christ's Death, Disobedience, Eternity, Forgiveness, God's Holiness, Heaven, Hell, Husbands, Man's Freewill, Marriage, Obedience, Rebellion, Salvation, Series: "Everyday Evidences of Adam & Eve's Fall", Sin, Submission, Temptation, The Bible, Wives
Tagged Abel's offering, Cain's apostasy, Cain's offering, Genesis, God killing an animal in Eden, God's judgment upon Eve, Jesus the final blood sacrifice, meaning of your desire shall be for your husband, pain in childbirth a result of sin, sin desires to rule over you, sin lies at your door, the first blood sacrifice, verses about the headship of the husband, What was wrong with Cain's offering?, without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin
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What Satan Did to Paul: A Thorn in the Flesh
“The Wiles of the Devil” series (post #13) And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Angels, Commitment, Demons, Discernment, Faith, Grace, Humility, Persecution, Prayer Requests, Problems, Satan, Series: "The Wiles of the Devil", Sickness, Spiritual Warfare, Suffering, Temptation, The Devil, Trials, Trusting In God
Tagged 2 Corinthians 12:7, 2 Corinthians 12:9, a messenger of Satan, an angel of Satan, Can someone today have a thorn in the flesh?, My grace is sufficient for you, Paul caught up to the 3rd heaven, Paul's thorn in the flesh, What is the 3rd heaven?, what was Paul's thorn in the flesh?
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What Satan Did to Jesus: Temptation
“The Wiles of the Devil” series (post #8) Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. (Matthew 4:1, N.K.J.V.) Hebrews 4:15 says that Jesus was tempted in all the ways that … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Demons, Discernment, God's Will, Satan, Series: "The Wiles of the Devil", Spiritual Warfare, Temptation, The Devil
Tagged 1 John 2:16, Hebrews 4:15, Jesus fasting for 40 days and 40 nights, Jesus quoting scripture to beat Satan, Jesus quoting scripture to endure temptation, Jesus was tempted in all points, quoting scripture to Satan, Satan offering Jesus all the kingdoms of the world, Satan tempting Jesus, Satan tempts us when we are weak, Temptation, the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, the pride of life, the three temptations of 1 John 2:16
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What’s Satan Did to David: Provocation
“The Wiles of the Devil” (post #6) And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. (1 Chronicles 21:1, K.J.V.) Ask the average Christian to name the greatest mistake of King David’s life and the answer you’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Belief, Choices, Deception, Decisions, Discernment, God's Will, Satan, Series: "The Wiles of the Devil", Spiritual Warfare, Temptation, The Devil
Tagged 1 Chronicles 21:1, 2 Samuel 24:1, David taking a census of Israel, David trusting in numbers instead of God, David's worst mistake, God provoked David, Satan provoked David, the angel of the Lord inflicting a plague upon Israel
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What Satan Did to Michael: Disputation
“The Wiles of the Devil” series (post #5) Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” (Jude … Continue reading
Posted in Discernment, Rebellion, Satan, Series: "The Wiles of the Devil", Spiritual Warfare, Submission, Temptation, The Devil
Tagged apostates mentioned in Jude, Cain refusing to bring the right offering, Jude verse 9, Korah leading a rebellion against Moses, Michael and Satan disputing over the body of Moses, the burial of Moses, the citizens of Sodom and Gomorrah rejecting God's natural law, the death of Moses, the Israelites refusing to possess Canaan, the prophet Balaam's advice to the king of Moab, the sons of God taking human wives, Who were the "sons of God"?, Why did Satan want Moses' body?
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Waiting on God’s Best
Dr. Doug Cecil was an Associate Professor at Dallas Theological Seminary for many years and now serves on staff at Christ Chapel Bible Church in Fort Worth, Texas. He loves to use a quote from Orel Hershiser, one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Choices, Desires, God's Provision, God's Will, Impatience, Needs, Patience, Satan, Temptation, The Devil, Waiting
Tagged baseball, Christ Chapel Bible Church, Doug Cecil, George Will, illustration about Orel Hershisher's philosophy of pitching, Men At Work: The Craft of Baseball, mlb, Orel Hershisher, Orel Hershisher's philosophy of pitching, settling for less than God's best, Sports, two theories about pitching, waiting for God's best, yielding to Satan's temptation
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The Flesh & its Drag Effect
“…The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” (Matthew 26:41, N.K.J.V.) For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other… (Galatians … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Adversity, Alcohol, Backsliding, Bible Study, Change, Church, Church Attendance, Commitment, Depravity, Dieting, Doing Good, Drugs, Gambling, Giving, Gluttony, Lust, Perseverance, Prayer, Problems, Sin, Temptation, The Tongue, Witnessing
Tagged building momentum in church, making changes for the Lord, Moses holding up the rod, the Amalekites attacking the Israelites, the problem of the flesh, the-spirit-indeed-is-willing-but-the-flesh-is-weak
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The Disciple's Road 